Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Daevid Allen and Here & Now - Planet Gong live 1977

A Dave Sez contribution!


 Daevid Allen and Here & Now - Planet Gong live 1977 
(3 gigs) 

From the Dave Sez archive: 
One of the best incarnations of Gong, here are three gigs from 1977 by Daevid Allen and Here & Now, regulars on the British festival scene. First, there's the 3-CD "Planet Gong Live 1977" bootleg of gigs in Oxford (Daevid Allen's first guest appearance with Here & Now after he left Gong) and Huddersfield. Then, in a web exclusive, there's Daevid Allen's private recording of the Toulouse gig later partially released as the classic "Planet Gong" live album - the recording here features an excellent version of "Addicted", not included on the album. Essential stuff for every Gong fan 
(and potbellied pixie).

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PLANET GONG LIVE 1977 (3 CDs, AUD A-/B+ @ 320)Here & Now + guest Daevid Allen - Oxford Polytechnic, 2nd February 1977

CD 1
1. Jam including Bom shiva shanka (21:22)
2. Help me see the light (20:17)
3. Improvisation (14:20)
4. Fredest air travel (6:21)
5. Soviet kommercial radio (5:23)
 
CD 2
1. Near and how jam (18:45)

Planet Gong - Huddersfield, 12th November 1977
CD 2
2. Floating anarchy (6:40)
3. I've been stoned before (3:28)
4. Dynamite (13:10)
5. Pretty miss Titty (5:48)
CD 3
1. Stoned innocent frankenstein (4:07)
2. Jam improvisation (16:48)
3. Allez Ali Baba blacksheep have you any bullshit / Mama maya mantram (19:14)
4. Addicted (10:24)
5. Opium for the people (5:18)
6. Fred the fish and the chip on his shoulder (2:10)
7. You can't kill me (12:43)
8. Fredest air travel (3:42)
9. You can't kill me reprise (3:02)

Thanks to the original poster!

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Planet Gong Live en France - Tanagra, Toulouse, 6th December 1977 
(SBD A+ @ VBR 226-256)

1. Psychological Overture (2:39)
2. Floating Anarchy (5:17)
3. Stoned Innocent Frankenstein (3:19)
4. New Age Transformation Try / No More Sages (14:52)
5. Je Ne Fume Pas Des Bananes (5:00)
6. Dynamite (4:14)
7. C'est Un Magnetophone (1:08)
8. Addicted  (8:41)
9. Allez Ali Baba Blacksheep Have You Any Bullshit And / Or (then) Mama Maya Mantram (1:27) (cut)
10. Est-ce Que Je Suis? (3:49)
11. No Other Than The Mother Is My Song (David Allen home demo)
 
Thanks to Gilberto/gilbertSL! 

 

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13 comments:

  1. dee_seejay August 12, 2015 at 12:23 PM

    Fabulous - cheers Dave Sez. I have some live Gong material somewhere and the original Floating Anarchy '77 but not this one, so thanks very much!

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    1. SilentWayAugust 13, 2015 at 2:16 PM

      Well if you ever find that Gong material let us know!!

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  2. AnonymousAugust 16, 2015 at 6:18 AM

    Yup, pinkie, you won't have the Planet Gong in France, as it's ultra-rare. In the meanwhile, here's the classic live Gong bootleg, live at the Aula der Oberpostdirektion, Bremen, 4 November 1974 in two versions - the full gig (2 CDs, FileFactory) in FLAC, and a shorter (1 CD, turbobit) version @ 320:

    http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f145/gong-1974-11-04-bremen-de-fm-flac-134505.html

    http://bootlegsworldwide.blogspot.fr/2014/12/bootleg-gong-aula-der-oberpostdirektion.html

    Not Planet Gong, but very well worth it!

    Cheers, Dave Sez.

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  3. dee_seejay August 16, 2015 at 8:47 AM

    Oh and Silent - I'll need to have a look at another hard drive to see what's there...originally it was some stuff from a Here & Now/Planet Gong megapost by Dave Sez...but I've been having trouble opening and using it, which is annoying because there was another thing on there Dave was after (magazine live)...seems it's incompatible with the laptop I have at the mo. Also I lost a load of files, most of which I've managed to retrieve but the info is somewhat jumbled. Nightmare! I'll be getting some help r.e. my tech-ineptitude soon and then all will be revealed hopefully!

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  4. AnonymousAugust 18, 2015 at 5:00 AM

    Them that likes this should hurry over here:

    https://archive.org/details/HereNow-JesusFixLiveInMeanwhileGardensLondon1981

    Thanks, pinkie! Cheers, Dave Sez.

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  5. AnonymousAugust 18, 2015 at 5:13 AM

    Oh, and this:

    http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f145/gong-1974-02-06-brest-fr-sbd-flac-134066.html

    This is the famous Full Moon show where Daevid experienced a memorable acid trip on stage.

    Cheers, Dave Sez.

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  6. AnonymousAugust 18, 2015 at 5:15 AM

    Thanks for the Gong in Bremen, always liked Hillage strong and streaming. Here's an album you may not know, a side project he did in 1972: http://rockandrollarchives.net/2015/03/19/khan-space-shanty-1972-england-spacerockpsychedelic-rock/.

    Just Johnny

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  7. dlz1965August 19, 2015 at 4:11 AM

    I see some familiar names here! Thanks for the post, be nice to have the whole of the Floating Anarchy '77 show. For anyone who doesn't know, Here & Now are still alive and well with a fantastic line-up. Check 'em out here https://www.facebook.com/groups/495500430514/

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  8. dee_seejay August 19, 2015 at 9:07 AM

    Hello again dlz! I can vouch for that too folks. H&N had been a little off my radar for a while until a few summers ago when my Brighton friend Nik Nimbus joined on drums and so I went along to see them here in Btn and again at Keith Tha Bass' birthday bash at Kingston's Fighting Cocks...they did not disappoint! Now they have another very talented drummer (Woody) and are playing fairly regularly, sometimes pulling old numbers out of the bag to the delight of the faithful, 'Surgeon's Knife' being one recent example, and I hear they're writing new material too :)

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  9. dee_seejay August 19, 2015 at 9:16 AM

    Here we go - Surgeon's Knife 2014:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbnlXuK1sXo

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    1. dee_seejay August 19, 2015 at 9:26 AM

      Or a year earlier...less bottom end in the mix but I think a beautiful, perhaps better-balanced version, and a Keith tha Bass masterclass:
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDhu0WsJ9iI

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  10. AnonymousMarch 4, 2017 at 5:25 AM

    'Ello ' ello, anyone listening? Got to tell you about another Planet Gong/Here & Now 1977 gig that has just surfaced, plus more Gong (of various periods) than you can shake a stick at. The 1977 gig is included on the long list of posts as "Bolton, Albert Hall 08-11-77", mega links for FLAC and mp3 (very low bitrate, go for the FLAC) and includes

    01 Floating Anarchy Radio
    02 I've Bin Stoned Before
    03 Dynamite/ I Am Your Animal/ The Lords Prayer
    04 Pretty Miss Titty
    05 Stoned Innocent Frankenstein
    06 Jam
    07 Ali Baba
    08 Addicted
    09 Opium For The People
    10 You Can't Kill Me

    BONUS- Edinburgh, George Square Theatre 10-11-77

    11 Floating Anarchy Radio
    12 I've Been Stoned Before

    and can be got over here:

    http://atuqtuq-askatu.blogspot.com/2010/10/gong.html and scroll almost all the way down.

    Cheers, Dave Sez.

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  11. SilentWayMarch 7, 2017 at 1:49 PM

    Thanks Dave!

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